Meanings
nounsyncarp (plural syncarps)
plural syncarps
- biologyA kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia.
- biologyA similar multiple fruit, such as a mulberry.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounfruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry, raspberry, pineapple
Broader
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Origin
- New Latinsyncarpium
- Englishsyncarp
From syn- + -carp, New Latin syncarpium. See syncarpous.
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syncarp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syncarp
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“syncarp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syncarp. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “syncarp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syncarp.
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